Hash :
2d2ff607
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Date :
2025-02-24T14:41:48
dist: change tar format default to ustar. Suggested in https://bugs.gnu.org74847. * m4/init.m4 (tar-ustar): make ustar the default instead of tar-v7. * doc/automake.texi (tar-formats): document this. * NEWS: mention this. * t/tar-override.sh: force tar-v7 for purposes of this test.
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#! /bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# Check that the user can override the tar program used by "make dist"
# at runtime, by redefining the 'TAR' environment variable.
#
# Currently this works only when the tar format used is 'v7';
# as of 2025 (automake-1.18), this is no longer the default,
# so force that format in our test setup.
. test-init.sh
cwd=$(pwd) || fatal_ "getting current working directory"
cat > configure.ac << 'END'
AC_INIT([tar-override], [1.0])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([tar-v7])
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
AC_OUTPUT
END
cat > am--tar <<'END'
#!/bin/sh
echo $1 > am--tar-has-run
shift
exec tar "$@"
END
chmod a+x am--tar
cat > Makefile.am <<'END'
check-local: dist
ls -l ;: For debugging.
test -f am--tar-has-run
CLEANFILES = am--tar-has-run
END
$ACLOCAL
$AUTOCONF
$AUTOMAKE
./configure
clean_temp () { rm -f *.tar.* *has-run*; }
$MAKE dist
test -f $distdir.tar.gz
ls | grep has-run && exit 1
clean_temp
TAR="$cwd/am--tar foo" $MAKE distcheck
test -f $distdir.tar.gz
test "$(cat am--tar-has-run)" = foo
clean_temp
unset TAR
# Creative use of eval to pacify maintainer checks.
eval \$'MAKE dist "TAR=./am--tar mu"'
test -f $distdir.tar.gz
test "$(cat am--tar-has-run)" = mu
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